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It is our great pleasure to welcome you to a new addition to the ACM Multimedia 2017 conference, the Thematic Workshops 2017. Inspired by the NIPS model, Thematic Workshops allow papers that could not be accommodated in the main conference to be presented to the research community. This year features four Thematic Workshops that are aligned with the main program themes:

• Experience

• Systems and Applications

• Engagement

• Understanding

The selection process was carried out as follows. If the authors of a paper indicated during the submission process that (a) they would like their manuscript to be considered for 'Fast-track inclusion to MM'17 workshops' and (b) the paper received a high score from the regular reviewers during the review process then the paper was recommended by the Program Chairs for inclusion in the Thematic Workshops. Papers that were submitted under the Novel Topics or the COI theme were assigned to one of the four Thematic Workshops, based on the best fit of the paper focus.

The papers of the Thematic Workshops will be presented in two poster sessions, Monday and Friday, during the conference period. In order to attract further attention from the audience, the poster sessions will each start in the morning with a pitch session that features presentations from the authors who are given two minutes to explain the highlights of their work. This short introduction will hopefully encourage and entice the attendees to visit the authors' posters, which will then result in fruitful discussions that gives researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with each other.